The alleged arson of Kid Cudi ’s car first described in singer Casandra “ Cassie ” Ventura’s lawsuit against Sean Combs last year – and seemingly alluded to in the criminal indictment of Combs announced last week – has been corroborated by a Los Angeles City Fire Department report obtained by Rolling Stone . The newly unearthed report says Kid Cudi, born Scott Mescudi, was the owner of a Porsche that was set on fire by an “incendiary device” on January 9, 2012 at a Los Angeles address connected to Mescudi through public records. The report says the fire was reported at 10:53 a.
m., with the damage estimated at $10,000. The cause of the ignition was listed as “intentional.
” The report makes no mention of any suspects in the alleged arson that purportedly was carried out in broad daylight. An official with the fire department in 2012 confirms to Rolling Stone that the fire was called in and a woman at the home spoke with the fire department. The official recalls inspecting the fire-damaged luxury vehicle and said it was not engulfed upon their arrival.
In her lawsuit filed last November, Ventura alleged that when she tried to move on from Combs and had a brief romantic relationship with Mescudi in 2011, Combs found out and told her that he planned to blow up Mescudi’s car in his driveway. In a statement to The New York Times in November, Cudi confirmed Ventura’s account , saying his car indeed exploded. “This is all true,” he said.
“There is no alle.
